Discord's new UX design is harmful to the visually impaired and colorblind

Re:Discord's new UX design is harmful to the visually impair... by kevingadd on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:19AM (#27117718)

I think in this case the changes are making an existing situation worse, so by changing it Discord's design team is inflicting harm.

The product itself is not harmful, just inaccessible, but describing the changes as harmful seems right.

I have to use Discord every day for work, so if this redesign was interfering with that I'd be pissed. (I pay for a third-party Discord client for this and other reasons)

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Re:Discord's new UX design is harmful to the visually impair... by dahfizz on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:23AM (#27117775)

harm /härm/ noun : physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted.

Nobody is inflicting any harm by choosing a bad color palette.

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Re:Discord's new UX design is harmful to the visually impair... by kevingadd on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:28AM (#27117824)

The word "harm" means many things. Just google "consumer harm", for example, and the top result is a government agency using the word harm to describe non-physical injury:

https://www.fdic.gov/resources/supervision-and-examinations/...

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Re:Discord's new UX design is harmful to the visually impair... by mking1024 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:32AM (#27117870)

You're being a bit disingenuous here. Other definitions of harm include: "have an adverse effect on" and "actual or potential ill effects".

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Re:Discord's new UX design is harmful to the visually impair... by tobr on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:29AM (#27117833)

You’re conveniently skipping over the secondary definitions, which includes “actual or potential ill effect or danger”.

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